Creamer



2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

(No Model.)

B. H. WILKE.

GREAMER.

No. 392,391. Patented Nov. 6, 1888.

ATTORNEYS.

' 2 Sheets-'Sheet 2 (No Model.)

E. H. WILKE. GREAMER.

No. 392,391. Patented Nov. 6, 1888.

69INVENTOR:

ATTORNEYS.

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PATENT ERNST H. WILKE, OF LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.

CREAMER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 392,391, dated November 6, 1888.

Application filed February 10, 1888. Serial No. ilfiLlSl. (No model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ERNST H. WILKE, of Lincoln, in the county of Lancaster and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and Improved Greamer, of which the following is a full. clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved creamer,in which the cream is caused to rise quickly and can conveniently be stored, and in whichthe butter made from the cream can also be stored, so that both the cream and the butter retain their rich qualities and flavor.

The invention consists of certain parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter,and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the improvement. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same with lidopen.

The improved creamer is provided with a box, A, made either of solid sides and bottom or provided with double walls having an airspace between them. The inside of the box or receptacle A has a lining, B, of sheet metal or other suitable material, and the said box or receptacle is closed on top by a lid or cover, 0, preferably hinged to one side of the box A. In the latter is secured afaucet, D',which opens near the bottom of the box and serves to drain off the water whenever desired.

In one end of the box A is formed a semicircular overflow, E, which connects with the outside and serves to drain oft surplus water. In the bottom of the receptacle A are arranged a number of longitudinal strips, F, on which are set the cans G, containing the milk and cream, and a box", H, in which the butter made from the cream is to be stored. The cans G- are open at the top, while the box H is provided with a removable cover or lid having flanges extending downwardly'over the sides of the box H and reaching below the waterlevel-that is, below the top of the overflow E. The box H is thus hermetically sealed by the water, so that no odor can pass out of the box H into the open cans G, and no animal heat of the fresh strained milk in the cans G can pass into the butter-box H. The bottom ofthe box may be additionally secured to the lining by cleats B and arms H, secured to the cans. In thesaid box are also arranged shelves for the butter. The receptacle H is braced from one end of the box A, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, so as to hold it conveniently in place and prevent its shifting from one side to the other. In the under side of the lid or cover U is formed a receptacle, I, preferably made of sheet metal or other material, and from the receptacle 1 extends upward through the said cover C an inlet-pipe, J, through which the water to be used can be let in. The bottom of the receptacle I is slightly inclined toward the other end, and from the latter extends downward a pipe, L, which reaches within a short distance of the top edges of the strips F, so that the water entering through the inlet J passes through the receptacle I and down the said pipe L into the box A. The pipe L can be closed at its upper end by a pipe, N, provided at its lower end with an exterior packing-ring, N, fitting into the top opening of the pipe L. The pipe N ex tends through an opening, 0', in the cover or lid to theoutside, and in the said pipe N are formed a number of apertures, N extending, when the pipe N is in place, to within a short distance of the top of the receptacle I, so that then the water from the latter does not pass directly into the pipe L,butflows through the apertures N in the pipe N, and. from the latter to the pipe L. Thus it will be seen that the receptacle I remains filled with water and only discharges its surplus water through the apertures N in the pipe N.

From the bottom of the receptacle I extend downward the flanges K, which surround the cans G and the box H. The said flanges K extend a short distance beyond the top edge of the overflow E,so that when the box Ais filled with water the tops of the cans G and the box H are sealed by an air-space formed on the under side of the receptacle I by the flanges K. It is understood that the tops of the cans G and the box H extend a short distance above the top edge of the overflow E.

Through the receptacle I passes a pipe, 0,

which also extends through the cover 0, and on the lower end of the said pipe 0 is formed a sieve or strainer, 0, while on the outer top end of the said pipe screws a cap, 0. When the said cap is removed from the pipe 0, the outside air is permitted to pass below the bottom of the receptacle I-that is, into the box A-but when the said cap 0" is screwed on the said pipe 0 no atmospheric air can pass into the air-space formed at the bottom of the receptacle I by the flanges K. \Vhen the cap 0 is removed, the sieve or strainer O prevents impurities from passing through the pipe 0 into the cans G, standing below the pipe 0.

The cans G are held in place in the receptacle A by each being provided with lugs G, placed at opposite sides and adapted to engage a frame consisting of transverse bars P,united with each other by longitudinal rods Q, soldered or otherwise fastened to the said transverse bars P. The latter are held at their rear ends between two lugs, R R, secured to the lining B, and the front ends of the said bars ll. rest on a lug, S, also fastened on the lining B. The front ends of the bars 1? are held on the said lug S by an arm, S, the bent end of which extends over the top of the respective bar P, and is hinged at its upper end to the lining B, as is plainly shown in Fig. 2. Thus when the hinged arms S are swung upward out of contact with the front ends 01' the bars 1., the latter can be removed from the box A, the cans G having been previously removed.

.It will be seen that the bars P with the crossrods Q form rectangular openings for the cans G, and the latter can be inserted into these openings by turning the cans in such a manner that their lugs G stand diagonally to the bars P and rods Q, whereby the lugs can pass down through the spaces formed by the bars P and rods Q. The cans are then each givenla quartertnrn, whereby the lugs G come directly under the transverse bars 1?, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The box II also rests against transverse bars 1?, placed between the said box and the next following can G. 1 usually reserve one of the cans G for storing the cream, while in the other cans I place the milk on which the cream is to rise.

The operation is as follows: The milk is placed in the open cans G and the operator closes thelid (land leadsastream of water into the inlet J, so that the water passes into the receptacle I, and from the latter, as above described, by way of the pipe L, into the interior of the box A. The water rises in the latter until it attains a level even with the top of the overflow E,and the surplus water now entering the box A passes off through the overflow E, thus preventing the water from passing into the open tops of the cans G. The cap 0 remains unscrewed for a certain length of time, so as to permit the heat arising from the milk to pass off through the tube 0, and when the cream is supposed to have cooled off the cap 0 is again screwed on the outer end of the pipe 0.

It will be seen that a body of water is held above the cans in the receptacle I, the cans are immersed in the water,and the water also has complete access to the bottoms of the cans G and the box H, as the same rest on the strips F, as shown and described. Thus the cream in the milk contained in the cans G rises quickly and the butter stored in the box H is conveniently stored and kept cool. The water in the box A can be drawn off at any time by opening the faucet D.

Having thus deseri bed my invention. what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. in a creamer, the combination, with the box A, provided with the lugs R It S, of a frame composed of the bars P Q, and the arm S, hinged to the inside of the box, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. In a creamer. the combination, with the box A, provided with lugs on the inside, ofa frame provided with rectangular openings and supported upon the said lugs, the hinged arm S, and the cans G, provided with lugs G at opposite sides, substantially as herein shown and described.

ERNST I-I. VVILKE.

Vitnesscs:

Gnonon F. Honens, EDWARD CERF. 

